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David M. Telles-Langdon; Nathan D. Hall – Metropolitan Universities, 2024
Universities recognize they have a civic responsibility to engage and enrich the community in which they reside. This study looks at a community engagement project undertaken at one university that was intended to address significant recreational needs within the community while also furthering academic initiatives. As part of the appeal to…
Descriptors: Universities, Community Involvement, Citizenship Responsibility, Recreational Programs
Shriver, Eunice Kennedy – Parks and Recreation, 1975
How volunteers help in the Special Olympics is discussed. (RC)
Descriptors: Athletics, Community Involvement, Handicapped Children, Mental Retardation
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Henderson, Karla A. – Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance, 1982
Jane Addams, founder of Hull House and proponent of cultural and physical recreation programs, contributed greatly to current recreation and leisure time programs. Her contributions include: (1) a view that recreation programs could organize and structure social life; (2) a recreation philosophy that proposed to unite urbanites and to express…
Descriptors: Athletics, Community Involvement, Leisure Time, Play